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##@@%**~,, RAILS ,,~**%@@##
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@**,,,,,,, TRAINS ARE SO CONSTRUCTED THAT THEY ,,,,,,,**@
@@%%**~,,, HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS ,,,~**%%@@
##@@%**~,, CALLED A "RAILWAY", WHICH IS COMPRISED ,,~**%@@##
##@@%**~,, OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. ,,~**%@@##
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##@@%**~,, BECAUSE THE LOW FRICTION BETWEEN THE ,,~**%@@##
##@@%**~,, WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE RAIL METAL, ,,~**%@@##
##@@%**~,, THERE ARE LIMITS FOR HOW ACUTE A CURVE ,,~**%@@##
#@%**~~,,, CAN BE, AND EVEN MORE SO FOR HOW MUCH ,,,~~**%@#
@%**,,,,,, THE GROUND UNDER THE RAILS CAN BE ,,,,,,**%@
##@@%**~,, SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED ,,~**%@@##
@%*,,,,,,, ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN ,,,,,,,*%@
@@@**~,,,, TUNNELS (IF THEY ARE LARGE), OR ,,,,~**@@@
##@@%**~,, ARTIFICIAL CHASMS. ,,~**%@@##
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#@@****~,, THERE WILL BE TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE ,,~****@@#
##@@%**~,, RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL ,,~**%@@##
###@%**~,, BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. ,,~**%@###
#@%*~,,,,, THERE WILL BE PLAINS, AND BODIES OF ,,,,,~*%@#
#@%*~,,,,, WATER. ,,,,,~*%@#
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#@@%*~~~,, TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG ,,~~~*%@@#
@%***~,,,, THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION ,,,,~***%@
##@@%**~,, SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, ,,~**%@@##
@@%%*,,,,, TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. ,,,,,*%%@@
##@@%**~,, DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RAILWAY HAVE ,,~**%@@##
##@@%**~,, DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS. ,,~**%@@##
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###@%**~,, SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT ,,~**%@###
@*~,,,,,,, FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS ,,,,,,,~*@
@@@*~,,,,, IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. ,,,,,~*@@@
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##@@%**~,, MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RAILS BY FOOT. ,,~**%@@##
##@@%**~,, OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER ,,~**%@@##
##@@%**~,, PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS ,,~**%@@##
@@@@%**~,, IS FROWNED UPON, AND VERY IMPOLITE ,,~**%@@@@
#@****~,,, TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! ,,,~****@#
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